How To Catch Bass In Crystal Clear Water
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ส.ค. 2024
- Clear water scares a lot of fishermen but it doesn't have to! When its crystal clear there are some changes you need to make to your equipment and your lures but once you've done that, it can be some of the most enjoyable fishing you'll ever do. Don't be intimidated, learn how to adapt, and the next time you find yourself staring at the bass as they swim along you'll know what to do.
The key to clear water is finesse. There are exceptions to the rule (mainly big baits) but as a whole you want to drop down to lighter lines and clearer lures. Solid colors and thick lines are the kiss of death in crystal clear water. However "finesse" and "clear" are both relative terms so on one fishery you might need to use 4 lb test, the next you can get away with 8 lb. Don't assume you have to go to extremes right off the bat.
Below is a breakdown of all the methods Tim discussed. We'll include links to all of his favorite baits for clear water and even recommend a couple colors for each.
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(Hologram Shad, Pro Staff Peoples Worm)
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(KVD Magic, Smoke Gold Purple Flake)
Finesse Tube- Dry Creek 3.5" Tube: bit.ly/2cJwI6r
(Old Ugly, Watermelon Pepper)
Tube Head- 3/16 oz Bite Me Flat Eye: bit.ly/2diyVXK
Senko- 5" Yamamoto Senko: bit.ly/2axAmNS
(Natural Shad, Baby Bass)
Wacky Hook- Gamakatsu Finesse Wide Gap Size 1/0: bit.ly/2aKGmHM
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Jerkbait- Staysee 90: bit.ly/2dBzMmz
(Ghost Minnow, American Shad)
Glide Bait- S Waver 168: bit.ly/2aiu8Sh
(Light Trout, Party Crasher)
Swimbait- 6" Osprey: bit.ly/2bqsLS0
(TW Shad Shad, Shad 087)
Topwater- River2Sea Rover 128: bit.ly/2acSVea
(Abalone Shad, Ghost Minnow)
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What makes your videos so good is that you and Matt are polar opposites- and it works - your finesse - Matt is power - goes much deeper then just that go - keep up the great videos
As usual another great video from the best bass fisherman on you tube. Thanks Tim. You and Matt are amazing. God Bless you and yours.
Nicely Done Tim ~ I live & fish the super clear inland lakes in northern Michigan looking for Fat Brown Bass. Two tips - Fish your drop shot like it was live bait - less is more & when it comes to moving baits - SPEED is your friend ~
Thanks on using plastics on cloudy days with more contrast and less flash makes sense .
For years when fishing dark jigs i was using trailers with sparkles on cloudy days and the bites tapered off .
Will change up my game this year from what you guys were teaching thanks again.
Good advice. Wary clear pressured water is what many across the country in counter. Big bass behavior changes as they get larger.
Love your videos guys keep up the good work. Look forward to seeing these every Monday Wednesday and Friday!!! Thanks Matt and Tim for keeping ya well informed!
This video got me thinking I would love to see underwater footage how fish react to line visibility. For example, you said you would use a 25' fluorocarbon leader for 20' of water but let's say it was only a 5' leader, would the fish react that much differently. Would be really interesting to see how line shy they really are. Thanks for the great videos.
Great video! All of this applies to fishing in places like the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota and Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, which has tons of lakes with ultra clear water. I found that flashy baits do still work in late spring as the fish seem fairly eager (fairly low pressure), and my biggest producer was a firetiger Rattlin Rap with 10lb Powerpro and I think a 2ft 10lb P-Line fluoro leader. A 30ft leader sounds a little excessive but you guys have way more experience than me. I will probably try a longer leader this year.
Also, finesse fishing is basically impossible in the wind unless it's a really light intermittent breeze, so you really gotta stick to spinnerbaits and lipless cranks, and maybe topwater (if you can see the bait). I'm crossing my fingers for calmer days on my canoe trips this year (was quite windy for 7 out of 9 days last June) so I can actually use some soft jerkbaits. I will have plenty of alternatives though.
Thanks again guys!
I really appreciate your videos. Its like taking a home study fishing course! Thanks guys.
Love seeing the smallie content, hope to see more coming!
Im excited to try these techniques. I live in Kentucky. And we have a very very clear lake like this. It has huge largemouth in it. People have gotten within a couple ounces of the new state record. But there are very few people that can catch any there at all. Thanks for the advise, guys.
What about spybaits? When are you going to do a spybait fishing video? Matt did one where he talked about the gear.
Do u mean fly baits?
You mean cry baits?
Tactical is dope as hell looking forward to all ur 2019 content!
2 more months An spring is here can’t wait 😩🙏🏽
I live in so.cal area with rockqaur pits an we fish them an the water super clear like this video... I'm gonna try these trick next week... thanks brotha 🤙🤙
Yep,watching bass reactions under water is a good way to understand their behavior.Can come in real handy!👍
I never would have thought to throw topwater over suspended fish 30’ deep over 150-200’ of water. I’m assuming you’re talking about the Motherlode lakes here in Northern CA, and places like Bullards, Oroville and Shasta?
PS, any possibility of doing a video in the Motherlode? Or some more CA Delta videos? Pretty please? Lol
I love fishing that clear water! Especially for small mouth!
man I needed this video!
The biggest lake in my area is crystalllll clear and I seriously show up and Im just intimidated! But its supposed to be one of the top smally lakes in the state. Thanks!
Would be cool to hear your insights on approaching dirty and clear water from shore! Thanks!
Also, thanks for the upload tactical!!! Love the videos and have learned SO MUCH from watching!!! 👍👍👍👍👍
Come down to So Cal and do some salt water bass fishing. You guys will love it.
Great job explaining Tim!
Yes!!!! Weightless Senior! This is what works for me also! I’ve even had good luck with bladed Jigs
Thanks for the awesome video Tim!
At 13:01 " natural and ghosty" color baits. 👍🤙gotta love em here in Cali.
Looks like some traverse city footage. Love it!
I jump for joy. Love clear water
I fish from shore and have found that when the small mouth roll in to the bays, the water is generally crystal clear. I've had alot of action throwing the weightless senkos wacky rigged. More than any other type of bait. I've also found that when one bites, whether or not you nailed it, that's about it. Every fish in that area will stop biting so you have to get it right on the first cast. If not, you can generally move to the next boat or dock but more often then not, you're better off moving on for a while.
A tip for bank and wade fishermen, keep your distance when you first cast into an area that's near the bank. So many times I've walked right up to a spot only to see swirls heading to deeper water. And you don't have to be fishing crystal clear water. If there's just decent clarity and fish are in shallow water. If you want to cast to cover near the bank hang back and hit it from a distance.
On another note, Tim did a video describing what colors to use depending on water clarity and sunlight standing next to his boat with the baits out on the deck. TB has a few videos with similar information, but I can't find that one again. Can you help a brother out?
Nothing better then a birthday Tactical video !
Nice job Tim. Thanks.
This helps alot here in east tennessee lakes. Clear deep lakes about 300 feet deep. Thanks for the tips. Espiecally on the gohsts swimbaits
Starting the morning off right..
Fucking best fishing channel, so informative and lots of passion!! Spread the word people!!
Great tips Tim
Id like to see you and Matt each fish, one with mono and one with floro and switch lines halfway thru the day and see if line type really plays much in getting more bites. Done on a sunny day in about 3' visability
Matt says the difference only comes into effect when you're looking at like 30'+ visibility.
What if you're bank fishing on 30ft visibility water? I use straight 10lb on spinning gear or 12lb only because we have giant stripers as well. I use tubes, drop shot, Ned's, wacky/Neko cranks/lipless or small keitech swimbaits. I notice the rapala x raps in parrot or orange work good on the smallies in my waters in the summer.
First off Love your videos ! Any input on the Okuma sbx swimbait rods more specifically the xh? I don’t normally comment on channels but I’d like to get into throwing swimbaits and trust your advice enough to ask.Thanks !
I fish in michigan and sometimes there are lakes where you can see 20ft+ down. In my experience I have found that you don't need as much vibration and sound which may be why finesse techniques shine so much. I think all they need to do is see your bait and they don't care as much about vibration and sound.
Thank you Tim.
Have you seen the new rapala otus it looks like a great new big bass lure they haven't seen in this country yet!
Nice info. Thanks for the tips
I agree a weightless and a transparent jerkbait get the clear bites for me. I tried a lot of stuff on em but they would eat the senko if you can sneak on em and sometimes they’ll eat the jerkbait even after they bust you.
where are u? the water looks amazing
Great video! I was hoping you guys would post a video on clear water. One question - what do you think about throwing a swimjig on a clear water?
Absolutely! Awesome in clear water
Hey Tim,I see you guys use alot of power pro and sun line. What's your reason for using those ones in particular
Awesome nice catch 👍👍
Will you guys be doing a review on the new edge rods by g loomis?
Can you do a review on Duckett Rods
Good tips. I don't fish a lot of gin clear lakes, but the river I fish for Smallmouth is gin clear. I've noticed something that seems odd. When we take a drift boat out the Smallmouth will regularly follow the boat and hang out in the shadow. We throw swim baits and nedrigs into the boat shadow constantly and get bit. The fish following and hanging out in the shadow seem highly aggressive.
Any thoughts on this? Do you ever run into that in lakes? It seems odd to me because this river is highly fished with guides running it almost daily in the summer. I'd think the fish would learn that boat shadows are a danger zone.
It could be to the point where they see it as food. You can train bass to eat out of your hand. If enough live bait is used I wouldn't be surprised if the fish have become conditioned in that way.
Fair point. On this stretch of the river it's almost all conventional plastic baits used, hard or soft.
Good video
I fish a large pond that is gin clear, but it’s weedy as hell, do you guys or anyone in the comments have any tips? It’s a shallow pond so I can’t really drop shot or fish tubes.
PS there’s big fish in their so im scared to use light line😂
Ronin McTitty frogs, weedless swimvaits
Natural colored soft jerkbaits fished slow as well as weedless paddle tails rigged with as little weight as you can get away with, in really shallow ponds I have had luck with a Texas rugged 4.8 keitech with a 1/16th ounce tungsten bullet weight pegged in front
Any top water fished fast! Plus soft jerk baits like flukes or trick worms. If that don't work fish in summer at night with top water or Texas rig worms! 10# floro is all u need for daytime, any braid at night
Wacky senko always worked for me in similar conditions.
You don't have to be scared of light line. Take a look at their last video showing Tim hauling in that monster cat on 6lb test. You just can't "horse" them in.
I went to a large pond with ultra clear water and could not catch a fish. It had a lot of grass on the bottom, the average depth was around 5-6ft and I could see bottom. Several times saw fish following but could not get the fish to bite.
Off topic here but what color rage swimmer do you pair with Alabama bream swim jig
You guys should do a video on different line. Brain,fluro,mono.
Would jigs work bro I caught one in clear water before I just started really fishing
Do you guys fish lake mendocino?
How would you fish lake Cumberland, the water is over the flood gates ( this water is 10 feet higher than spring pool
Another nice vid
What about early year like February and March on clear lakes. Like a Smith lake will all this apply there even though they are spotted bass lakes.
Jerkbaits and underspins
I always wanted to fish in SUPER CLEAR water
Seems fun im a finesse fisherman
I really love flipping and frogging but finesse idk is the most fun
Come to southern california. We have small reservoirs here. All have insane visibility. You'd enjoy it. It's a challenge.
im on super clear I just do mono.. I go through lot of line so ya. I did 4 lb.. but the bad thing when you get on a hog they can snap 4lb.. so I went up to 6. I think 6 I catch less now.. but don't lose as much.. the bad thing I don't get as many bigs now.. I might have to go back down to 4 again.. I still never got a damn topwater.. ive tried them also.. a few times ive had bass come up but either I jerked it at wrong time or bass just didn't want it.. but ya.. its annoying.. the trick I do on the rental.. is go wide on a point turn off motor.. kinda use wind also.. but then paddle my way sitting on front of boat with back to front and paddle my way in ninja style.. ive actually seen some huge fish just swim up to boat and check me out that way.. also I found them in backs of coves like that.. though I should have been stayind wide and casting in.. it was still good to do what I did to kinda learn.. I learned here anyways.. the fish hate the motor.. they will bounce right away if hear it.. if see you they also leave.. these are the big ones.. the smaller ones can care less most the time.. the strat I like though.. use a jerkbait on one pole.. tie a weightless or like a light pinch on weight.. and use robo worm senko or even real worms.. while I jerkbait around me.. and just recast the weightless here and there.. usually I can pull fish to me.. and sometimes they hit the easier weaker target then my jerkbait.. I do have two pole license though so can do it like that. one other thing that work good here though on shore its hard to utilize .. in wind on super clear water.. it will murk up the shoreline getting pounded by waves those can hold beast fish.. but ive caught a decent amount in the actual mudline separating the clear to muddy water.. I think that spot is a hot spot though from shore its harder to run it. and ya colors that do good here are green. brown. shad type colors more natural.. at night Ive had good luck with black. the wind can make the water stained/murky.. the bad thing here it gets deep so fast you cant see the bottom like in this vid.. though if there is a huge rock 5 foot down you will see it it just so deep it looks more like stained water.. I wish wasn't so deep though because when rent boat when I could sight fish some shallower coves I caught a lot more fish when I could actually see them..
How can i get a FISHING trip with Matt. I have did everything and not a reply one....
lol the wind pause...
Great video Tim! I've always stuck with 8lb test on Lake Champlain afraid to go lighter. Will using sub $100 reels hurt me drag wise if I try to lighten up? Always great info THANKS
There are good sub $100 spinning reels that would handle it just fine. If it has an anti-reverse switch then it doesn't even really matter.
Threw me off when you said to use a 25-30’ leader on a 20’ hump so you still get the sensitivity of braid. Doesn’t sound like you’ll have much braid out there
Wether clear pressured water or where I live in on lake Eufaula in Alabama yum dinger jr is the best caught more 5 on that lil thing
Having trouble tying 65lb braid to 30 lb mono for big swimbait. I’ve always used a blood not and just cants get the mono to cinch down. Need some advice.
Thomas Robey , see if an Alberto knot will work for you....
I have this spot on the Colorado river near me that is pretty clear. I have been to this spot 6 times now and I've thrown everything it seems at these two huge bass that seem to live in this spot and they get afraid of my bait and just swim away every-time. Theres a ton of baitfish there and they just feed on them all day i bet. What would you recommend?
Tim Little-Little Tim
I'm surprised a ned rig wasn't mentioned.
My ringer is matt Allen's intro!!!👍🎣where are you matt😥?
Towards the end of the video the comments about Wendy and being more active that Rings true
Spotlight and gig problem solved
Why isn't bass fishing very popular in the PNW?
Wingnut 429 it is and gaining popularity
Any lake recommended to fish crystal clear waters at?
Atomic Cichlids thank you.. How about somewhere more near the California / west coats states.
Oroville, Shasta, jenkinson
Ilya Guryanov are these areas where I can rent a boat from or will I need to
Bring one? Thanks again for the heads up really appreciate it.
@@Austin_Torres boat is preferred but you can catch bass just regularly walking the shores especially at jenkinson lake. Try pardee lake too
I never use fluorocarbon leaders, just braid. I catch fish, at will, in all types of water. Let's not overthink things.
hertzer2000 and I bet if someone used floro next to you they would out fish you.... I have a friend with ur mentality and we use the same baits.... he’s on braid and I’m on floro leader... he still catches fish. But I catch 3 times more fish than him. You can think what u want.... but u could potentially be missing out on bigger smarter fish
Do the same apply because I fish gin clear water from the bank
1st
Disappointing........ at least fish while your explaining this. Talk is cheap . If throwing a weightless senko is money, show me!